Becoming occluded: The transition to motherhood of women with postnatal depression

Qualitative Research in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 313-329

  Homewood, Ellen ^a   Tweed, Alison ^a   Cree, Michelle ^a   Crossley, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Grounded theory; Mother infant interaction; Postnatal depression; Postpartum depression; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886018090     PISSN: 14780887     EISSN: 14780895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14780880802473860     Document Type: Article

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